Seriously Good Freezer Meals: 150 Easy Recipes to Save Your Time, Money and Sanity Paperback – Illustrated, February 22, 2018

Speaking of time, I don't leave a lot of Amazon reviews because it's so time-consuming, but I had to for this one. This book has saved me so much time that I feel like I should pay more. ;) I bought this cookbook because my 83-year-old mother-in-law moved into our home, and she's used to eating 3 meals a day. My husband and I don't normally eat that much, but I wanted to provide what she was used to, so I was thrust into a world of cooking more than usual.I work full time from home, so you'd think it would be easy, but it's not. I decided I would have to figure out a way to cook meals ahead of time and store them in the freezer so I could just pull them out as needed.I've collected a lot of cookbooks over the years. I'm really impressed with this one. First of all, not everything freezes well. I remember I froze some apples a few years ago, and they were gross when I thawed them. Freezing foods correctly is definitely an art form.In addition to learning which foods can be frozen, I learned from this cookbook that there's a certain way to wrap them before putting them into the freezer to avoid freezer burn. The author also puts tips for power-cooks who want to spend an entire day cooking so they don't have to cook again for a while. I've been doing that on Saturdays. I cook 5 or 6 of these recipes and store them for the next week. It's genius!!!Now to the recipes. They are really, really good, like the title suggests. I'll list a few of my favorites below.1. Savory Salmon in Foil - This recipe is literally the best baked salmon I've ever tasted. In addition to that, you store the salmon fillets in the freezer in individual packets, so you can pull out 2 or 3 or whatever you need. The remaining salmon fillets can remain frozen.In this recipe, you prepare each salmon fillet in a piece of foil. I mean everything, including the spices and lemon slices on top of the salmon. Then you wrap each one. After thawing, I cook it exactly like the instructions suggest, and it's D E L I C I O U S !!! I've made this recipe several times. It's definitely my number one fave in this book.2. Sweet and Sour Meatballs - My husband likes these meatballs so much that he usually eats a bunch of them before I can even get them into the freezer.In this recipe, you make homemade sweet and sour sauce. Omg, it's so easy and goooood! It doesn't have any weird ingredients either. This one has also become a staple for us. Loooove this one!3. Honey Pork Chops - I think this is the easiest recipe in this book, and they'll be the best pork chops you've ever made. The instructions say to store the 6 pork chops in the sauce in a large ziploc in the freezer. I store 2 ziplocs with 3 pork chops in each in the freezer, so I can stretch this into 2 meals.Actually, I do that with most of the recipes in this book. I divide them into 2 freezer meals because we don't eat that much. These pork chops are juicy and amazing! You'll love them.There's a recipe from this book that I haven't made yet, but I'm about to make it. It's called "Cauliflower Crave Soup." It looks so good in the pictures. Oh, that's another thing, there's a full color picture for each recipe, which I love. I've never gotten into those cookbooks that don't have any pictures.I don't know this author, but in case she reads this review, I'd like to thank you for making this cookbook. It's made a huge impact on our life! Our whole family loves it! xo

Beautifully prepared and presented. Pictures are inviting and most all recipes have a picture of the finished dish -- so important. Easy to read and use and a wealth of content.I rarely review any books or products I purchase - good or bad - since some things I like, others don't. The last few cookbooks (and I am a collector) I purchased on Kindle - I know the pages aren't as good,etc., but my bookshelves fill up quickly.This one didn't have a Kindle option but I was so curious I decided to go ahead. There is a wealth of excellent information in this book on freezing, planning a cooking day for 5, 10 and more freezer meals and conversions to increase servings or meals (I mean if you're cooking one meal you may as well double it, right). If you have a large family and a freezer I would really recommend this. For me, and a small family, I just don't want to cook everyday and prefer to have stuff ready to go and get tired of the old easy favorites. I am tired of ordering out or eating frozen dinners with a bunch of additives so why not. Lots of folks on You Tube do this but with already prepared packets of spice mixes etc., but this one includes healthier options to make your own sauces, etc., without the additional salt. Too, it gives the recommendations in the recipes to freeze it cooked firstor not (some you should cook and freeze) and some just freeze. Really comprehensive.

I love this book - the recipes are really really good. I love that it scales them up for you to make big batches. Also it’s great that it gives you the option to cook now or make it a freezer meal.I’ve seen a few reviews that say it doesn’t save time but plenty that do. This is for someone who doesn’t mind batch cooking and prepping. I feel like - if I’m going to dirty dishes I may as well do it all at once! This saves us on weeknights. Love having options! The recipes also have a ton of variety which is awesome.A few points:The standard recipe size I find is about 2 dinners worth for my 2 adult 2 small kids family. It’s been helpful to make half for dinner to try the recipe and then freeze the second portion.Would absolutely love it if it gave you a guide on what type of kitchen equipment you’d need for each recipe.These recipes don’t include prep/cook time in the description like many recipes. This doesn’t bother me, but some people may feel upset about it.